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Games These Days

Games These Days

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Monthly-ish podcast where Matt and James Lohkamp play a videogame (both retro and recent releases) then get together and discuss gameplay, story, music, graphics, other general game design decisions, and where the game stands among its peers.

Recent Episodes

  • Join Games These Days as they yearn for an earlier time, a simpler time, when humans were humans, ghouls were ghouls, and vampires were vampires; a time when ‘child’ was spelled with an extra ‘e’ on the end, Malkavians were certifiable, and blood-banks were de facto ala carte snack bars. Listen up, we’re talking about GAMES THESE DAYS!!!!

    4 years ago

  • Matt, James, and Michael might have gotten the murder right, but the verbs slightly wrong… we’re talking about games these days!

    4 years ago

  • Games These Days - S03E10 Scurge Hive (GBA, DS)James, Matt and Michael race the clock as their infection level builds! Who are the Scurge, and what’s the inside of their Hive like? Who would win in a arm cannon fight, Samus or Jenosa?? Is it time to talk about pipe-climbing??? IS HEIGHTENING ANXIETY A FUN MECHANIC??? Find out this time, on GAMES THESE DAYS!!!

    4 years ago

  • Matt, James, and Michael call upon their noble einherjar, purify weird souls, and struggle to open chests without destroying their contents in the re-release of this story-heavy JRPG classic by Square. Who and what is Lenneth? What do Freya and Odin asking for this time? What happens if you just skip straight to the end of the game without ever sending anyone to Valhalla? Find out, on this episode of GAMES THESE DAYS!!!

    4 years ago

  • James and Matt take a gratuitously goofy stroll through this mashup of a platformy side-scrolling beat ’em up rpg. Who really rules the school? Find out, in this episode of GAMES THESE DAYS!!

    4 years ago

  • Matt and James do a deep dive into an early twist on the metroidvania format, enter what ruins remain of underwater empires, fight fallen demigods, and generally join in the magical harmony of Aquaria.

    5 years ago

  • Matt and James are become Swords, defender of Ditto! Looping through time, reincarnation and various currencies, stickers, toys, and yeti foots, how do the boys feel about OneBitBeyond’s ‘compact action RPG?’ Find out in this episode of GAMES THESE DAYS!!

    5 years ago

  • S03E05 Games These Days - Sanitarium (PC)James and Matt point-and-click-and-hold onto their sanity as they trip through time and space, swap bodies, cure diseases, and foil the evil plans of evil doers who may be manifestations of our own inner trauma.

    5 years ago

  • Games These Days!! Season 3, Episode 4 - Blasphemous (PC)

    5 years ago

  • Games These Days! Season 3, Episode 2 - Shadow Tactics Blades Of The Shogun (PC)

    5 years ago